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Prognostic Significance of K-ras Codon 12 Mutations in Patients With Resected Stage I and II Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer

From the Departments of Medicine, Surgery, and Pathology, State University of New York Health Science Center and Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Syracuse, NY.

Address reprint requests to Stephen L. Graziano, MD, Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 800 Irving Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210

PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to investigate the prognostic importance of codon 12 K-ras mutations in patients with early-stage non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC).

PATIENTS AND METHODS: We identified 260 patients with surgically resected stage I (n = 193) and stage II (n = 67) NSCLC with at least a 5-year follow-up. We performed polymerase chain reaction analysis of DNA obtained from paraffin-embedded NSCLC tissue, using mutation-specific probes for codon 12 K-ras.

RESULTS: K-ras mutations were detected in 35 of 213 assessable specimens (16.4%). K-ras mutations were detected in 27 of 93 adenocarcinomas (29.0%), one of 61 squamous cell carcinomas (1.6%), five of 39 large-cell carcinomas (12.8%), and two of 20 adenosquamous carcinomas (10%) (P = .001). G to T transversions accounted for 71% of the mutations. There was no statistically significant difference in overall survival for all patients with K-ras mutations (median survival, 39 months) compared with patients without K-ras mutations (median survival, 53 months; P = .33). There was no statistically significant difference in overall or disease-free survival for subgroups with stage I disease, adenocarcinoma, or non–squamous cell carcinoma or for specific amino acid substitutions. The median survival time for stage II patients with K-ras mutations was 13 months, compared with 38 months for patients without K-ras mutations (P = .03).

CONCLUSION: Codon 12 K-ras mutations were more common in adenocarcinomas than in squamous cell carcinomas. For the subgroup with stage II NSCLC, there was a statistically significant adverse effect on survival for the presence of K-ras mutations. However, when the entire group was considered, the presence of K-ras mutations was not of prognostic significance in this cohort of patients with resected early-stage NSCLC.

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